Internal Publications
We sometimes produce booklets and publications in-house at School and this page serves to provide access to them.
We hope to continue to mine the Dartfordian magazines that we have in the archives to add to these, and in time we shall build a library of Dartfordian magazines for your moments of nostalgia.
We welcome any accounts or diaries that might be of interest to others - send any accounts to alumni@dartfordgrammarschool.org.uk.
Internal-publications (ID 1016)
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The Dartfordian 1919
The Dartfordian 1919
This special edition of the Dartfordian is the first produced after the First World War and contains the War Service Records of Dartfordians, past and present. On page 56 there is a useful Diary of the War, the last entry reading 'Dec 5th 1918: Memorial Service for Old Dartfordians at Christ Church, Dartford.' The whole document is available here.
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Roy Mack WW2 Diaries
Roy Mack WW2 Diaries
Roy Mack (OD 1938-45) kept a diary of school life in WW2. Roy kindly made the entries from September 1939 to September 1942 available to us and they can be accessed here.
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Remembering - An anthology by Arthur Jones
Remembering - An anthology by Arthur Jones
Arthur Jones (OD 1935-40) will be remembered much for his eulogies at the DGS Services of Remembrance from 1994 to 2018, wherein he talked of ODs who gave their lives in the two World Wars. These carefully researched eulogies are brought together in this publication.
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The Covid Chronicles
The Covid Chronicles
Whilst in lockdown, our community was offered the chance to scribe some thoughts about life as it was then. These have been pulled together and are here offered for your interest.
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Tributes to staff who served 20 years or more
Tributes to staff who served 20 years or more
In 2022 we created an honours board featuring staff who have served twenty years or more. This will be updated as time passes. The pendant publication containing tributes to those staff is here - these were taken from the originals in the relevant Dartfordian and edited where necessary.







